Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Nontobeko Hlela was the first secretary (political) at the High Commission of South Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. She currently works as a researcher for the South African office of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a Global South think-tank with offices in Johannesburg, South Africa; São Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and New Delhi, India.
We have been outside looking in for too long to believe the West will give us a seat at their table. We need financial autonomy and development that can withstand the attacks of the major powers.
Nontobeko Hlela tells the story of her life as a senior pupil at the KwaSizabantu mission school and how she struggled to adapt to university life in the second of this highly personal, two-part series.
In the first of this highly personal, two-part series, Nontobeko Hlela tells the story of her early life and how she came to be a pupil at the KwaSizabantu mission school.